Karen Mcvicar

CIPD qualified HR, Outplacement and Training professional with operational and consultancy experience at all stages of the employment lifecycle from recruitment & selection, employee relations and Wellbeing, L&D and performance management through to career transition and outplacement. I'm an experienced Coach, MBTI licensed, IOSH qualified. My expertise includes - Organisational Development: training needs analysis and people strategy activities - Career Transition support: helping individuals and groups to understand the marketplace and develop the right tools to effectively manage their careers and WLB - Coaching individuals and teams on a range of interpersonal, soft skills and Emotional Intelligence - Providing advice & guidance on a wide range of Employment issues such as equality, family friendly, conduct & capability etc... - Special interest in Menopause Awareness and workplaces - Working with SME's as their retained H.R business partner - Devising employment contracts, handbooks, policies and procedures - Strategic H.R.M - manpower planning, business restructuring and redundancy management - Health, safety and employee Wellbeing including stress management and resilience building - Remuneration and value proposition: advising on job descriptions, competencies, pay and benefits - Growing talent through a range of training and development interventions from leadership capability to individual objective setting and improvement planning